To: Little Bill
It is my personal theory that many “Holcombe” and “Holcomboroughs”, after migrating to America in the early 1800s, changed the spelling of their names to the phonetic sound of the local vernacular, becoming “Huckabee” (huh-cum-be) and “Huckleberry” (huh-cum-ber-rah).
141 posted on
01/13/2016 5:14:08 PM PST by
Albion Wilde
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To: Albion Wilde
It is my personal theory that many “Holcombe†and “Holcomboroughsâ€, after migrating to America in the early 1800s, changed the spelling of their names to the phonetic sound of the local vernacular, becoming “Huckabee†(huh-cum-be) and “Huckleberry†(huh-cum-ber-rah).
very interesting
184 posted on
01/14/2016 9:32:51 AM PST by
wafflehouse
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